A predictive model for psychological reactions to crime in Italy: an analysis of fear of crime and concern about crime as a social problem | Zendy

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A predictive model for psychological reactions to crime in Italy: an analysis of fear of crime and concern about crime as a social problem

Author(s) -

Amerio Piero,

Roccato Michele

Publication year - 2004

Publication title -

journal of community and applied social psychology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.042

H-Index - 63

eISSN - 1099-1298

pISSN - 1052-9284

DOI - 10.1002/casp.806

Subject(s) - psychosocial , fear of crime , psychology , population , mass media , criminology , social psychology , demography , sociology , psychiatry , political science , law

In this study a model for predicting fear of crime (FC) and concern about crime as a social problem (CC) in Italy has been built, using three sets of independent variables concerning: (a) the sociodemographic and criminal victimization domain; (b) the psychosocial domain; and (c) the mass media. A secondary analysis on data gathered by the Observatory of the North‐West ( N = 3262, a mail panel that is representative of the Italian population over 18) has been performed. Results showed that FC and CC are related yet distinct constructs: FC is less widespread than CC, and has different predictors. FC predictors are sociodemographic, psychosocial and, above all, victimization variables; whereas mass media and psychosocial variables predict CC. Results were compared with the literature on the topic. Implications, limitations, and future directions are discussed. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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